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Viewpoint
The New York Times Tries to Manufacture Tension Between Mamdani and Jewish Voters That Simply Isn’t There
In the race for mayor, Zohran Mamdani is polling second with Jewish New Yorkers—but one would hardly know it reading the paper of record.
Adam Johnson
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Comics
Comics
Ai Should Replace Your Boss And Other Comics
New comics by Tom Tomorrow, Mattie Lubchanksy, Jen Sorensen and Sam Wallman.
Tom Tomorrow, Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen and Sam Wallman
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Comics
SeverVance and Other Comics
New comics by Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling.
Mattie Lubchansky, Jen Sorensen, Tom Tomorrow and Ruben Bolling
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Viewpoint
Politics
Built to Dominate
Palantir is designing the infrastructure of repression—and telling us why.
Alberto Toscano
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Housing
Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win
A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.
Rebecca Burns
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Culture
Photography in Protest
Redeat Wondemu’s 10-year Modern Muse project honors the resilience of Ethiopian women across continents.
Amelia Parenteau
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Rural America
Trump’s Cuts to AmeriCorps Are Stripping Resources from Rural Communities
DOGE has slashed over 1,000 AmeriCorps grants, many of which funded education and social services in rural areas.
Ilana Newman
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Labor
Interview
What's Really Artificial About AI is AI Itself
"The phrase artificial intelligence is a marketing term that is used to sprinkle some magic fairy dust that brings the venture capital dollars."
Sarah Jaffe
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Interview
Politics
The Christian Right’s 250-Year Fight Against America
Many religious groups have wanted to destroy liberal democracy, explains author Jerome Copulsky. But before Trump, none had taken power.
Kathryn Joyce
10
Feature
Global Trade at Gunpoint
Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world
Sarah Lazare
11
Feature
"If I Must Die," A Poem by Refaat Alareer
A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.
Refaat Alareer
12
Feature
Cover Story
Politics
“I Am Not Afraid”
The Trump administration is attacking protesters from all angles. Activists refuse to back down.
Adam Federman
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Labor
Viewpoint
Trump’s Budget Bill Will Massively Expand the Racial Wealth Gap
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is set to be a disaster for Black workers.
LaToya Parker and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
14
Labor
Feature
Donald Trump's Disastrous Scott Walker Moment
Trump and Elon Musk are making drastic cuts to the federal workforce. Unions are fighting back.
Sarah Jaffe
15
Feature
Palestine
"It Is Neither Death, Nor Suicide"
Gaza’s Declaration of Life—and Living
Jehad Abusalim
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Dispatch
The Next Fight in the Democratic Party
Justice Democrats, the organization that backed Squad members like AOC and Ilhan Omar, has endorsed their first candidate for the 2026 cycle—Donavan McKinney.
Eli Day
17
Palestine
Podcast
After Raids, Columbia, UMich Organizers Say “We Keep Us Safe”
As students are targeted for pro-Palestine speech, graduate unions step up with bargaining, mutual aid and political education.
Maximillian Alvarez
18
Palestine
Culture
Queer Folks Mobilize for Palestine
Queer organizers rallied against drag bans and continue to do the same for Palestine
Henry Hicks IV
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Labor
Feature
Climate
The Flooded Future of Disaster Labor
Day laborers, a workforce threatened by Trump, are key to rebuilding after disasters.
Sarah Jaffe
20
Viewpoint
Politics
Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Keeps Contesting for Power
Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke with more than a dozen organizers about what we’ve won, what we’ve learned about power and what’s still to be done to deliver a more equitable city.
Asha Ransby-Sporn
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Departments
Many Evictions Are Informal or Illegal—Just-Cause Protections Can Help
When just-cause protections are in place, landlords need a valid reason, like non-payment of rent, to evict a tenant.
J. Patrick Patterson
22
Feature
Veteran on ‘American Sniper’: The Lies Chris Kyle Told Are Less Dangerous Than the Lies He Believed
Enough about Chris Kyle. Let’s focus our anger against the authorities and the institutions that craft the lies that the Chris Kyles of the world believe.
Brock McIntosh
23
Palestine
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
Mahmoud Khalil
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Labor
Viewpoint
Trump Just Escalated His War on Coal Miners. Their Unions Are Fighting Back.
The Trump administration’s feckless business-first, workers-last approach is leaving the nation’s coal miners to die—and now their unions are taking him to court.
Kim Kelly
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Feature
The Most Hated Woman on the Internet
Haters--myself included--have pummeled Amanda Palmer so far beyond recognition that it’s disconcerting to hear her actual voice in her new memoir, The Art of Asking.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
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Viewpoint
Election 2024
The Power of Dumb
In the Second Trump Era, don't expect reality to be realistic.
Hamilton Nolan
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How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex
Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavor—backing the efforts of war.
Jennifer Stavros
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